A day after former Congress president Rahul Gandhi asked him to read V D Savarkar’s letters to the British, especially the last sentences, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis produced letters of Mahatma Gandhi that also end on a similar note. Gandhi had shown Savarkar’s mercy petition that ended with a sentence saying he begged to remain an obedient servant (of the British). 

Savarkar helped the British and betrayed the likes of Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Nehru and Sardar Patel,” he had said.